Alright! I'm back from Bali! I came back on Monday morning actually and had to hit the office the same day at 9am. What a pain. Anyway simply said, I had loads of fun. A well deserved vacation. After all the long hours at the office, a great break. Not that I spent the whole trip bumming by the pool (which most of my colleagues did), I went around a lot. It was my first trip to Bali so I wanted to see as much as I could. Walked a lot, ate a lot, drank a lot, slept a bit. It was tiring, but worth it. It's a really beautiful place guys, consider a vacation there. But I gotta warn you that it's freaking hot over there. If we were to spend a few more days there, I swear I would have gone to the barber and chopped my hair off. Good place to get a tan too. I didn't need to since I'm already brown, now I'm black. Crap.
A grammatical error obviously. But if it was true, damn I'm having my work station by the pool!
Just after our arrival, the company's welcoming dinner. 20 bottles of booze. We were all high before we went out bar-hunting.
The drunken lot.
Our field tour on our 2nd day in Bali. This guy's an expert in bullhorn carving, so we heard.
Lord Ganesha. Bali is a 95% Hindu populated state.
That's fuckin metal.
Karma Sutra's got a great influence over in Bali. Most sculptures and even souvenirs carry strong erotic presence.
Need I say more?
Hill-paddy.
Dancers from the Bali Classic Centre (BCC), a tourist attraction for those who'd like to learn Balinese culture within a day.
My pretty maidens.
My failed attempt to look gr1m.
The Tiger Dance.
Me and my Creative Director, Valerie.
Our tour guide, Imade. A big Carcass and Death Metal fan. Indonesia has a pretty large scene, as described by Sam Dunn in Global Metal.
A prayer in session at one of the temples. You'll see a lot of these small temples all over Bali, especially in Kuta, the town we were based in. And pretty religious too, these people are.
Well, they said we could take pictures, so yeah.
Me and my Executive Creative Director, Yasmin Ahmad. She's a filmmaker too. All her movies have been heavily criticised for being un-Malay. A cool woman, a person who doesn't see skin color at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Ahmad check out her blog too.
At Planet Hollywood for our dinner. More boozing followed.
Effects of boozing. Both the Art Directors I work with, Alvin and Nick.
Kuta Beach. Topless women heaven.
A lot of tourists come here to surf, mostly Aussies. I wonder why, don't they have better beaches back home?
Another prayer in session. The guy in blue is the priest.
At the Bali Bombing Memorial at Legian Street. The place has gone back to its active self now. Loads of bars with drunk Aussies. I found half of them knocked out on the road the night before.
A few hours before our flight back. Thought of leaving a souvenir behind.
at that last pic and the invisible topless women. I start going through these, wondering when the strippers would make an appearance! Looks a pretty awesome place, MR needs more holiday photos.
